Two of the titles, How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara and Water for Gold, have accompanied features in this year’s NZIFF. For the remaining eight, the release is effectively the premiere.

Loading Docs 2016 trailer

Previous Loading Docs titles have racked up over a million views and been selected for festivals including ImagineNATIVE (Canada), Out Takes, Show Me Shorts, and FIFO (Tahiti) where Loading Docs co-founder Julia Parnell was a judge earlier this year.

The third edition, for which the films are all on the theme ‘Change’ release Thursday 4 August and will be available to view on Loading Docs.